Live Auction 1147European Noble & Private Collections Including Fine Tapestries
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SAUCER-SHAPED DISH
Lot 59 The Property of a European Collector (lots 57-65)

A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SAUCER-SHAPED DISH

YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735), BEARS AN INCISED JOHANNEUM MARK

Closed2 October 2013

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A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE SAUCER-SHAPED DISH
YONGZHENG PERIOD (1723-1735), BEARS AN INCISED JOHANNEUM MARK
Boldly and finely enamelled with a tree peony branch, and chrysanthemum, rose and camellia sprays, the underside with a wheel-etched mark N:176
8¾ in. (22.3 cm.) diam.

Specialist note

This dish was probably acquired in 1727 by Frederick Augustus I (1670-1733), Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, known as Augustus the Strong. A similar dish was given by Queen Victoria to the Victoria and Albert Museum on the occasion of its opening in 1862.